Scandango will digitise entire shoeboxes filled with photos

Scandango is a
UK-based startup that will scan shoeboxes full of pre-digital
photos and save them onto a CD or DVD.

While the idea of converting printed photos into digital files
is not
new, Scandango's simplified sales proposition is. Recognising
that people tend to store old photos in shoeboxes, their pricing
structure reflects that.

So you can send an entire shoebox containing an estimated
1,000 photographs and
have them saved to disk at 300dpi for £50. Half a shoebox will cost
you £30. If you need your photos to be higher resolution, you
can pay extra -- its £50 for just half of a shoebox scanned at
600dpi and £80 for a whole box.

You'll need to prepare the photos by removing all Blu-Tack,
sticky tape and anything else sticky as any remnants may damage the
automated scanner that the team uses.

The company was born as a result of an unfortunate incident. A
burst water pipe ruined a family's collection of old photographs.
The upset this caused provoked the family members to club together
to launch Scandango.

At the moment Scandango is in soft-launch phase. Users can send
their photos via Royal Mail Special Delivery and have the photos and the
digital copies returned to them within 10 days.

Edited by Nate Lanxon

Comments

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